Takings, efficiency, and distributive justice: a response to Professor Dagan.(response to Hanoch Dagan, Virginia Law Review, v. 85, p. 741, 1999)

Michigan Law Review | October 1, 2000| | Copyright

In A Critical Reexamination of the Takings Jurisprudence,(1) I addressed an efficiency problem that arises when the government attempts to change property rights in a manner that burdens a very few for the benefit of the very many. Specifically, in the absence of compensation, the collective action advantage of the few in organizing to oppose the proposed measure will often give them a decided edge against the many. As a result of that advantage, the few will too often be able to persuade the legislature not to act, even when an objective evaluation of the proposal's costs ...

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